Sunday, January 23, 2011

Plácido Domingo: Birthday Gala For A Titan

Domingo with Queen Sofía and musical guests Conlon, Berganza, Terfel,  Arteta and Martínez 
A gala blowout beyond compare took place at the Teatro Real for tenor Plácido Domingo's 70th birthday. The program, performers and guest list are after the jump.

"Freudiger begrüssen" Tannhäuser (Wagner); Teatro Real Chorus 
"Da geht er hin" Der Rosenkavalier (Strauss); Deborah Polaski
"Ich sah das Kind" Parsifal (Wagner); Angela Denoke
"Du bist der Lenz" Die Walküre (Wagner); Anja Kampe
"Au fond du temple saint" Les pêcheurs de perles (Bizet); Paul Grove & Bryn Terfel
Overture La Forza del Destino (Verdi)
"Credo in a Dio Crudele" Otello (Verdi); Juan Pons
"O don fatale" Don Carlo (Verd); Dolora Zajick
"Te Deum" Tosca (Puccini); Bryn Terfel
"Va Pensiero" Nabucco (Verdi); Teatro Real Chorus
"Ella giammai m’amo" Don Carlo (Verdi); René Pape
"Qual fiamma...Stridono lassù" I Pagliacci (Leoncavallo); Inva Mula
"Nemico della patria" Andrea Chénier (Giordano); Lado Ataneli
"Sola, perduta, abandonata" Manon Lescaut (Puccini); Ainhoa Arteta
"L'alba separa dalla luce l'ombra" (Tosti); José Bros
"Meine lippen sie küssen so heiß" Giuditta (Lehar); Sonya Yoncheva
"Tres horas antes del dia" La Marchenera (Petenera); Ana María Martínez
"Madamina, il catalogo è questo" Don Giovanni (Mozart); Erwin Schrott
"Tutto nel mondo è burla" Falstaff (Verdi); Juan Pons, Dolora Zajick, René Pape
"Happy Birthday" sung by Teresa Berganza in the style of Marilyn Monroe

James Conlon conducted. Other singers in attendance were Jaime Aragall, Angela Gheorghiu and Elena Obratzsova. Composer Tan Dum presented a world premiere of a piece called PLA-CI-DO that was a gift to Domingo from Gerard Mortier.
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